After Led Zeppelin‘s mighty live comeback on Monday, their current best-of collection “Mothership” (view cover in the left) became the highest-selling album UK based music retailer HMV in no time. What’s more interesting – the sales of the band’s entire back catalogue are up by 500 per cent since London’s O2 Arena concert 3 days […]

Ike Turner, the rock’n’roll legend and ex-husband and colleague of Tina Turner (as Ike & Tina Turner), passed away yesterday in San Diego at the age of 76. Turner made what many consider to be the very first rock‘n’roll record – “Rocket 88” – in 1951. He played guitar and piano on the track, and […]

Iron Maiden announced another show off their upcoming 2008 world tour – on August 4 at the Cotroceni Football Stadium in Bucharest, Romania.

Robert Plant officially announced he’ll tour Europe next year, however not qwith Led Zeppelin, but with Alison Krauss. The two recently released the album “Raising Sand’, which was reviewed on our homepage, namely HERE. Led Zeppelin’s singer and the country star will head on the road in May to play selected dates in Germany, Belgium, […]

Stratovarius bass player Lauri Porra will release a new solo album, entitled “All Children Have Superpowers“, on January 9, 2008. Three songs off the CD – “Release”, “Changes in Memory” and “All Children Have Superpowers” – can already be heard at the musician’s MySpace page at myspace.com/lauriporra.

Sweden’s rockers The Hellacopters signed a deal with the label Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution for the release of their last ever studio album. The effort, entitled “Head Off”, shall surface on April 18, 2008. The band shall wave goodbye with a tour during the autumn. Before that the guys shall do festivals some festivals all over […]

After releasing their latest album “Southern Born Killers” for free on the Internet, Atlanta-based rap metallers Stuck Mojo have changed their mind and inked a deal with Napalm Records. The the Austrian label will release “Southern Born Killers” on CD with 3 bonus tracks on February 29 in Europe… Afterwards Stuck Mojo will embark on […]

Salvatore Paul Erna, better known as Godsmack fronman Sully Erna, intends to start recording his first solo album. The work is scheduled to start in the spring. For updates, check out regularly Sully’s official MySpace profile at myspace.com/acessuck.

System of a Down bass player Shavo Odadjian is collaborating with RZA from W-Tang Clan on the soundtrack for upcoming Vin Diesel movie “Babylon AD“. The pair is working under the name Achozen. For updates on the project, keep an eye on myspace.com/achozen.

Finland’s monster metallers Lordi shall release a brand-new single, entitled “Beast Loose in Paradise“, as a download via zed.fi on December 24, and as a physical CD (view cover in the left) on January 9, 2008. “Beast Loose in Paradise” will also appear in Lordi upcoming feature film “Dark Floors”.